Dried apricots are a buyer's favourite for a simple reason: they combine a strong health story, broad application, and easy logistics in one line. Here is the commercial case for carrying them in bulk.
A nutrition profile that drives demand
Drying concentrates the apricot's nutrients. The result is a fruit notably rich in dietary fibre, potassium, iron, and beta-carotene (provitamin A, behind the orange colour). For a retail buyer, that profile supports clear on-pack health messaging; for a manufacturer, it lets apricots add nutrition and natural sweetness to a recipe at once.
Versatility across the business
From our apricot range, a single product feeds several channels:
- Whole apricots — retail snacking, gift and festive packs, foodservice.
- Diced apricots — cereals, snack bars, muesli, and bakery inclusions.
- Apricot paste — natural filling and sweetener for confectionery and bars.
That versatility means one supplier relationship can serve your snacking, bakery, and ingredient lines together — and sits naturally alongside figs, raisins, and mulberries.
Easy to store, easy to ship
Dried apricots are shelf-stable at ambient temperature for up to 24 months with the right moisture and packing. No refrigeration means lower storage cost, simpler logistics, and the freedom to buy at container economics. Standard 2.5 / 5 / 10 kg food-grade cartons palletise cleanly for sea freight to any market.
Backed by the benchmark origin
The benefits only hold if the supply is consistent. The apricots behind them come from Malatya, the world's benchmark origin. As a family business with over twenty years in dried fruit — a Tuna Sourcing division — Dried Figs Co. ships against your written specification, natural or sulphured, conventional or organic.
Tell us your apricot requirements and we will build a quote and sample plan around them.